Pallasite

meteorite

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Alternative Title:
lithosiderite

The Salta (or Imilac) stony iron meteorite, found in Chile in 1822, shown in a sawed, polished, and etched interior section. Classified as a pallasite, it is composed of dark crystals of the silicate mineral olivine in a spongelike network of nickel-iron alloy.

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stony iron meteorites

...which are often called stony irons, are an intermediate type between the two more common types, stony meteorites and iron meteorites. In specimens of one common type of stony iron, known as
pallasites (formerly called lithosiderites), the nickel-iron is a coherent mass enclosing separated stony parts. The material that makes up
pallasites probably formed, after melting and...

Stony iron meteorites contain roughly equal amounts of silicate minerals and nickel-iron metal. They fall into two groups:
pallasites and mesosiderites. Pallasites are composed of a network of nickel-iron metal in which are set crystals of the silicate mineral olivine. Olivine crystals are typically about 0.5 cm (0.2 inch) across. The centres of large areas of metal exhibit the...